Cell phones! (a/k/a I can haz SSDD?)
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So I'm thinking about getting a new cell phone: either the LG G3 or the HTC One M8. Anyone have one of those or a predecessor and care to comment?
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I just put down £450 for a 32gb Moto-X ... seems to be the best phone out at the moment.
I wouldn't get the HTC, the newer skin they stick on is horrid.
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No card slot = no deal.
Too bad, I like the size.
I'm personally looking into the new Sony Xperia, it looks pretty sweet.
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It had a good review on theregister.
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Blackberry Passport.
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So how does Discourse run on "the best phone out at the moment"?
Afaict you only posted the stats from your S3 in http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/how-slow-is-discourse-on-your-mobile/5405Filed Under: Does it come close to Iphones, already? | Also: Does it load topics reliably?
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Be another 14 days until I get one. I been using it at work as we have a collection of devices. It was that or than iPhone 6 (not the plus) which is an extra £200 quid before extras.
The newer Samsungs have so much crap installed on them even more than my ageing S3.
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Why are you using discourse as a measuring stick?
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In the future it will be some sort of mobile phone benchmark tool, "how long can your browser runs discourse before it overheats and catches on fire".
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Do I really have to tell you again that you can use Discourse for almost everything? Forum (maybe), Bugtracker, Cellphonetester. The options are LIMITLESS!
Also, since 6 month old phones are having trouble with Discourse, it might be interesting to see if the phone-world adapted to Discourse (spoiler: probably not).
Discourse is looking 10 years into the future, though. So @Lucas phone might be outdated by then.
Filed Under: What Software do you use on your phone that eats the most ram/battery/cpu/whatever?
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The newer Samsungs have so much crap installed on them even more than my ageing S3.
My S5 has less useless crap than my S3 did and most of it can be disabled anyway.
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Not from what I've seen on the selection of phones at work, but I avoid using them.
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Application Manager -> All -> Pick App -> Disable.
Works for most of the built-in apps without needing to root or anything.
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Moto-X ... seems to be the best phone out at the moment.
I'd like a Moto X (2014) but it's not available with my carrier, and I don't feel like switching.
I wouldn't get the HTC, the newer skin they stick on is horrid.
I'm leaning towards the G3 for the bigger screen, but my son wants the HTC. The reviews I've read of the HTC's skin (cnet and ars technica) didn't have much too bad to say about it. It can always be rooted and replaced with cyanogenmod or something. (I'm not sure how much a simple change of launcher would do.)
No card slot = no deal.
32GB would probably be plenty of storage. My current phone has 8GB + an 8GB card, and I don't think I've filled up even half that space. I can understand how the lack would be a deal-breaker for some, though.
Blackberry Passport.
2003 called, etc.
Also, since 6 month old phones are having trouble with Discourse
FWIW, my Galaxy Note II runs it...well, cromulently, and I've only used Discourse a little, so there may be more things I didn't find.
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The newer Samsungs have so much crap installed on them even more than my ageing S3.
Well duh, if you're not installing CM, there's your problem right there...
you can use Discourse for almost everything?
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I've got the G3 (posting this from it. Discourse is only 50% painful).
I love the G3. The hardest thing to adjust to is the location of the hard buttons. But once you realize that you don't need the power button*, and once you have your volume levels set, you almost never need to touch the hard buttons.
I also like the built in backup feature. It lets you back up your entire device either to an SD card, or to an attached DropBox account. And once you set up the schedule, you just have to watch for the messages from the system that the backup was successful.
The third, big thing for me is the lack of bloatware. I'm on T-Mobile's JUMP program, so I
can'tshouldn't root. Not having tons of bloatware to disable (I'm looking at you, Samsung) is a blessing.Finally, I don't know about the HTC, but the G3 already has Lollipop in some countries, and it should be rolling out through US carriers soon.
As a side note, I have a buddy who bought a Samsung Galaxy S5. Three months later, he won a G3. He is so impressed, he says he's never going back to Samsung.
* They advertise the knock code pretty well which can be used to turn on and unlock the phone. Less well advertised is the feature they added for turning off the phone. Just go to the home screen and double tap.
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Well duh, if you're not installing CM, there's your problem right there...
CM has a iffy build of it by some guys on a website called novafusion. I use my phone pretty much all the time for mails, calls and tethering it to my lappy when I have to do live support (on the train ... always on the train). The only thing that runs painfully on it is disco, I can't be arsed rooting because Jeff and co creates the world's slowest forums.
Anyway I have a new job so I treated myself to a new phone ... so it will be irrelevant in the new year.
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I got the G3 for myself and my wife; my son wanted the M8. I've already set up a knock code and am going through the fairly interminable setup process (OH MY GOD SPRINT I DON'T CARE ABOUT AVATARS ON MY VOICEMAIL.)
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The location of the soft buttons is going to take some getting used to, because the back button is on the opposite side from where it was on my Samsung, and it's higher up now that it's on the display instead of below it.
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The location of the soft buttons is going to take some getting used to,
I had that switching from my samsung s+ to my new LG G2, and I've heard say it's an android version thing. However, I was able to switch them back in the configuration.
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Yeah, I can swap the sides too, but I might not bother.
It's taking forever to charge, though.
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The location of the soft buttons is going to take some getting used to, because the back button is on the opposite side from where it was on my Samsung, and it's higher up now that it's on the display instead of below it.
You can modify the location of the soft buttons on the G3. You can even add some additional buttons to the standard 3. IIRC, it allows up to 5.
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CM has a iffy build
http://www.reddit.com/r/learndota2/comments/2oced5/jungle_crystal_maiden/
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Just came across this:
Short answer:
If you like iOS, get an iPhone 6.
If you like Android, get a 2014 Moto X. If you like Android but hate the Moto X’s camera and battery life, get a Samsung Galaxy S5. If you like Android and want a big phone, get a Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
If you like Android or don't have a preference and want a solid, inexpensive unlocked phone, get a Moto G. We'd favor the larger 2014 model because it's newer and more likely to be supported for longer, but the smaller 2013 version is cheaper and essentially identical.
If you like Windows Phone and you need something today, get an HTC One M8 for Windows. If you can possibly wait, sit on your hands until a new Lumia flagship comes out.
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You can't seem to get the Moto X '14 if you have Sprint. The LG G3 seems pretty nice so far, and it was only. a dollar.
But if I were on a different carrier I probably would have gotten the Moto.
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my son wanted the M8
Just in case he ever decides to take video from >100,000', his phone will work.
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@Intercourse said:
Just in case he ever decides to take video from >100,000', his phone will work.
I will be sure to let him know.
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lolwhat:
I'll just leave this right here:
Blackberry Passport.2003 called, etc.
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I'll just leave this right here:
That video was an excellent troll: it took me a couple of minutes to realize it wasn't a rant about how the device sucked, and then I watched a couple more minutes to make sure.
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Being that it seems like the only way to get anyone to take off their blinders about BB10, is to distribute videos like this, well... How many "issues" did you watch him discuss?
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BB10 gets something spot on that no other phone manufacturer manages - BlackBerry Hub. It's utterly brilliant.
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I got bored at about 4:50, after he "complained" about several things, including the aspect ratio, the high PPI, the fact that the keyboard is touch-sensitive, and that the screen is nigh-unsmudgeable.
I find the aspect ratio interesting, but I was put off by the original blackberry OS which I hated, so I have no interest in using one.
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Are you put off by Windows 1.0, so you have no interest in using Windows 7?
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I got bored at about 4:50, after he "complained" about several things, including the aspect ratio, the high PPI, the fact that the keyboard is touch-sensitive, and that the screen is nigh-unsmudgeable.
I find the aspect ratio interesting, but I was put off by the original blackberry OS which I hated, so I have no interest in using one.
One thing that Blackberry did that I loved was on the Storm and Storm 2, the touchscreen had a tactile click movement to it. It made it much more intuitive to type on, and you could see what you were about to click before committing. I loved that about it.
The rest of the experience was rubbish though.
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I think I'm in the minority here, but I've used two phones with physical keyboards (an ancient blackberry and a Blackjack 2) and a bunch of Android phones (and one pocket pc) with soft keyboards and generally speaking I prefer the latter. Especially if swype's available.
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I phrased it poorly (I seem to be doing that a lot lately...). It was a touchscreen with a software keyboard, but the screen had a small amount of movement, and a slight click to select something. There was a tactile feedback that you had actually typed a letter or clicked on a link or icon. It had a pleasant feel to it.
I would not go back to a physical keyboard on a mobile phone. They take up too much space that I would prefer to be a larger display.
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@Intercourse said:
I phrased it poorly (I seem to be doing that a lot lately...). It was a touchscreen with a software keyboard, but the screen had a small amount of movement, and a slight click to select something. There was a tactile feedback that you had actually typed a letter or clicked on a link or icon. It had a pleasant feel to it.
Every softkeyboard I've used has some sort of tactile feedback available. My current phone even has a setting that allows you to adjust the intensity, or add audible feedback. Nothing special about BB doing it.
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@Intercourse said:
I phrased it poorly (I seem to be doing that a lot lately...). It was a touchscreen with a software keyboard, but the screen had a small amount of movement, and a slight click to select something. There was a tactile feedback that you had actually typed a letter or clicked on a link or icon. It had a pleasant feel to it.
I thought that was what you meant, because I remember hearing about a phone that did that. I just didn't address it specifically.
I think one of my phones had a haptic vibrate on the soft keyboard, but I don't think that's quite the same think.
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The feedback was not done through the vibration, etc. The screen itself would click like a mouse. It moved like 1/64" and clicked when it did so. It was not a simulated click.
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Nothing special about BB doing it.
I think the BB he's talking about did something different? IOW not the usual thing where the phone's buzzer kicks in, but the screen actually moved a bit, because I vaguely remember what he's talking about--IIRC it made a buzz at the time because it was different from what other phones do. Suppsedly, IIRC, it's nicer than the way the rest of the phones do it, but it was also more expensive or something.
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@Intercourse said:
The feedback was not done through the vibration, etc. The screen itself would click like a mouse. It moved like 1/64" and clicked when it did so. It was not a simulated click.
Ok, that's weird. I'd be worried that it's just "one more useless thing to break". Plus, with the tactile feedback on my G3, I have it set just right so it nearly feels like I'm tapping a key on a laptop. No need to actually move the screen for a specific feeling when you can closely simulate the sensation.
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Apparently they called it "SurePress"? You would have to use one to see how it helped, but it really was nice.
The detriment was that it introduced ingress points for dust, etc. At the time, my job was rather dusty and dirty sometimes. The dust ended up killing it so that it would not properly work at times. Which rather killed the benefit. It would still "click", but not actually do anything.
The Storm 2 was my last Blackberry. After that phone, I switched to the Droid X? I think? I never had another issue with dust killing a phone. Prior to that, I would go through a phone every 6-9 months.
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@Intercourse said:
I would not go back to a physical keyboard on a mobile phone. They take up too much space that I would prefer to be a larger display.
You need a slide-out keyboard such as the Motorola Photon Q I recently bought off of ebay. Which will probably be the last phone I ever use that I won't utterly hate every moment of using.
I mean, seriously, how am I going to do anything over SSH with an onscreen keyboard without losing the will to live?, I [i]meant[/i] to type sW0rdF!$# you asshole, stop pretending I meant swordfish...
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You need a slide-out keyboard
I had one of the original Droids for a while and ditched it. Although it had a slide-out keyboard, I found that I never used it and once again:
@Intercourse said:
They take up too much space that I would prefer to be a larger display.
Although the keyboard was under the screen and slid out, the display was smaller than competing models. Now that I remember correctly, I gave that phone to my wife (she has smaller hands) and then I got the Droid X. After a month, she quit using the keyboard also and just used the soft keyboard.
Of course, I never do SSH on my phone. I just grab a laptop and tether it. ;)
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I quite like the physical keyboard on my BB Q5, I find it easier for typing long emails etc while on the move.
I'd not have it as my only phone though, its a work phone so I've still got my S5 for the large screen goodness.
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Which will probably be the last phone I ever use that I won't utterly hate every moment of using.
Just buy a BT keyboard
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, I find it easier for typing long emails etc while on the move.
If I had to do that I would use the voice transcriber. It works pretty well as long as you speak clearly and don't try to give it more than one sentence to work on at a time.